reddit-mcp-server 1.5.2 → 1.5.3

package/README.md

@@ -213,6 +213,16 @@ export REDDIT_BOT_FOOTER=$'\n\n---\n^(🤖 Custom bot footer text)'
 }
 ```
 
+**Anonymous mode does not work on every network.** Reddit blocks unauthenticated requests from many IP ranges — datacenters, cloud hosts, VPNs, and addresses it has flagged — and answers with an HTTP 403 block page. If you hit this, tools fail with:
+
+```
+Reddit is blocking unauthenticated requests from this network (HTTP 403 with a
+block page). Set REDDIT_CLIENT_ID and REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET to authenticate with
+OAuth, which also raises the rate limit from ~10 to 60+ requests/min.
+```
+
+The fix is OAuth credentials — see the next section. This is a property of your network, not of your Reddit account or the subreddit you asked for, so it affects every tool at once. A 403 on a single subreddit while others work is a different thing: that subreddit is private or quarantined.
+
 ### Authenticated Mode (Higher Rate Limits)
 
 1. Create a Reddit app at https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps (select "script" type)

package/dist/bin.js

@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 process.env.TRANSPORT_TYPE ??= "stdio";
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 if (args.includes("--version") || args.includes("-v")) {
-	console.log("1.5.2");
+	console.log("1.5.3");
 	process.exit(0);
 }
 if (args.includes("--help") || args.includes("-h")) {
 	console.log(`
-Reddit MCP Server v1.5.2
+Reddit MCP Server v1.5.3
 
 Usage: reddit-mcp-server [options]
 

package/dist/index.js

@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ function formatSubredditInfo(subreddit) {
 //#endregion
 //#region src/index.ts
 dotenv.config({ quiet: true });
-const VERSION = "1.5.2";
+const VERSION = "1.5.3";
 function validateUserAgent(userAgent, username) {
 	if (!/^[\w-]+:[\w-]+:[\d.]+ \(by \/u\/\w+\)$/.test(userAgent)) {
 		console.error("[Warning] User-Agent does not follow Reddit's recommended format");

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "reddit-mcp-server",
-  "version": "1.5.2",
+  "version": "1.5.3",
   "description": "A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Reddit with full read AND write operations - create posts, reply, edit, and delete content.",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",